Marcos da Costa

Marcos Da Costa is a Uruguayan singer who emerged from Montevideo’s carnival and murga tradition to become one of the key voices of contemporary plena and tropical urban music. Born in Uruguay in 1993 into an artistic family headed by murguista Orlando “Mono” Da Costa, he began singing at age five in Carnaval de las Promesas with the murga Suertempila and spent more than a decade performing in children’s murgas and revue groups before debuting at 17 with the historic murga Falta y Resto at Buenos Aires’ Luna Park. In the mid-2010s he left the murga circuit to pursue a solo career, singing on Montevideo buses until producer Alejandro Jasa and radio executive Neil Criscio took him under their wing, leading to early singles like “Sofía” and, in October 2016, the breakthrough tracks “El Animal” and “Báilame Lento,” which turned him into a major live draw across Uruguay. Marcos Da Costa released his first full-length album Saborcito on February 1, 2019, consolidating his style and spawning further tropical hits, while parallel singles such as “Soltera,” “Ilegales,” “Si Me Tomo una Cerveza (Plena),” “Linda y Soltera,” and collaborations with acts like El Gucci, Vanesa Britos, Lucas Bunnker and Lucas Sugo expanded his profile regionally. In December 2023 he explored a more melodic tropical sound with “Ojos Chinos,” followed in 2024 by tracks including “Adicción” and “Maquillaje,” and in 2025 by an intensive run of releases through Montevideo Music Group, among them “Santa O Demonia,” “Hookiao,” “El Ingeniero,” “Si No Es Contigo,” the collaborative “Jardín Con Enanitos” with Los Pikantes and La Corrien7e, the EP SESSIONS 10, and the single “Yo y Tú.”

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